WASHINGTON: US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has written a letter to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, condemning the recent violence in Balochistan and has dubbed Pakistan a â€œfailed state.â€
According to a copy of the letter received from the Congressmanâ€™s Washington DC press office, Representative Rohrabacher cites media reports that policemen killed four people in â€œunprovoked and
indiscriminateâ€ firing during a raid on a house in Balochistan. Rep. Rohrabacher called it â€œyet another example in a seeming never ending line of stat sponsored violence targeting the Balochi people.â€
Congressman Rohrabacher, who is also the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, in his letter, adds, â€œit has become increasingly clear to members of the US Congress that Pakistan is a failed state and no amount of US aid money will ever change that.â€
Rep. Rohrabacher warned that US aid assistance for Pakistan will dry up once US forces leave Afghanistan, and Pakistanâ€™s leverage over the US will diminish as a result. â€œIt is clear that the Pakistani military and intelligence services have for years diverted money intended to help the people of Balochistan, and the other provinces of Pakistan, into funding terrorism and buying weapons to repress their own people.â€
In his letter, Rep. Rohrabacher says that until Pakistanâ€™s government and military deny ethnic groups in the country their right to self-determination, the countryâ€™s future will â€œremain bleak and marred by political violenceâ€. He added that he has long held India to the same standard as well.
The Congressmanâ€™s letter to PM Gilani says, â€œthe Baloch people have a right to choose their own political structure and America will no long (sic) play a willing role in helping your government to oppress them.â€
Prior to this letter, Rep. Rohrabacher had introduced a house concurrent resolution, asking for the Baloch people to be given the right to self-determination. He has also introduced bills asking for Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped CIA confirm Osamaâ€™s presence at the Abbottabad complex, to be given US citizenship and be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Rep. Rohrabacher also chaired a Congressional hearing on the human rights situation in Balochistan in
February this year, where-in he called for the Baloch to be given their right to self determination..
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.Pen friends: Rohrabacher writes letter to Gilani, calls Pakistan a â€˜failed stateâ€™ â€“ The Express Tribune

â€œit has become increasingly clear to members of the US Congress that Pakistan is a failed state and no amount of US aid money will ever change that.â€

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And yet the US have this habit of engaging a snake. One wonders how long this uneven marriage will go on and what reasons compell the Americans to coninue.
More and more senators are not only speaking against the Pakistani State, but also have picked up the red hot "Baluchistan issue" to aim their guns.
However, if existence of diverse ethnicities were to fail the nations Mr.Rohrabacher would've seen the Indian demise by now. Who could be more diverse?
Issue is suppression, not just reactionary but the proactive/pre-emptive suppression which is usually not much highlighted and infact forces people into rebellion.
Suppression is what makes the stark difference in the situation at India and Pakistan respectively.